Just got home from DL Hotel, after staying there last night. MAGICAL time! We stayed one night (Saturday) so we didn't have to drive home after the Mickey Halloween Party. I booked a standard, no frills room back in August (through Expedia) and we were upgraded (at check in) to a pool view room in the Sierra building. Check in staff could not have been nicer, especially CM Ryan at the front desk.
We got there about 4 PM and had to wait 30 mins til the room was ready. So we stored out luggage at the Bell Hop desk and wandered around. The room was great for a standard room, 2 double beds, one sink bathroom, sliding doors that open to a faux balcony and a view to die for...the Netherland Pool.
We ordered room service twice, 1st time at 12:00 AM Sat. night for Hot Cocoa and a club sandwich. Service was very nice and fast. We also preordered Breakfast (putting the hanger on the door the night before, etc). It was 30 mins later than we ordered but everything was hot and very good. Our server did apologize a lot for the delay and said Sunday mornings are their busiest. If we order breakfast this way again we will order it 30 mins before we actully want and hopefully it will be closer to on time.
Kids and hubby loved the pool, it is called the "Netherland pool" and has a pirate theme with a slide.
They were very impressed at how warm it was, "like bathwater", my DD13 said.
We called housekeeping a couple time, once for a sewing kit, once for more towels and once because our TV remote was no where to be found. Each time they took care of us within 15 minutes.
Except for the late breakfast it was a perfect one night stay! Mind you we didn't eat at any of the restaurants but all the hotel staff we came in contact with were wonderful and our service was great.
We have also stayed at the GC Hotel two years ago and had a nice stay also
but didn't see much of a difference in the rooms and the staff was also great there. The pool at GC is much smaller and much more crowded. The GC is also much closer to the parks but we enjoyed our walks though DTD. If walking is a problem there usually is the Monorail (close to DL Hotel) but it is cuerrently closed for renovation so you may want to ask about it's availablity.
-Bethany